Police added that the alleged sexual assault occurred in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu and the accused were arrested from different locations in TN
Police said on Thursday that they had arrested all five accused in the case, including Devi (27), the wife of Gunasekharan, who is suspected of having orchestrated the crime. The gang members, all from Tamil Nadu, were identified as Thomas Priyadarshan Deva (27) of Coonoor, Raghupathi Raja (20) of Pazhani Taluk and Shankar (20) and Palraj (31) from Karur’s Kadavur taluk. The accused reached the tourist home at 2.45pm on Sept 22. Later, during the early hours of Sept 23, two of the accused allegedly took her in a car and sexually assaulted her again near Tiruppur bus stand.
Police found that the incident was allegedly recorded on video and the duo threatened to upload the footage online and frame her in a drug case if she reported the crime.
Police also said the accused impersonated a police officer to abduct Gunasekharan and the woman, who were staying at a tourist home in Thrissur. The complainant had a long-standing relationship with Gunasekharan, which led to disputes between Gunasekharan and his wife, the primary accused, according to preliminary information received by the police. City commissioner Nakul Rajendra Deshmukh said the complaint was initially registered at Nilambur Police Station as the woman was admitted at a hospital there.
Thrissur : In a bizarre incident, a woman was abducted and raped by a four-member gang who were allegedly hired by another woman who suspected her of having an illicit relationship with her husband. The gang also abducted and assaulted the husband, Gunasekharan, a native of Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu . Police added that the alleged sexual assault occurred in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu and the accused were arrested from different locations in TN, including Tiruppur, Coimbatore and Pazhani. One of the accused, allegedly posing as a police officer, claimed that the complainant and Gunasekharan were involved in a ganja case. They then took the pair from the lodge to Tiruppur on the pretext of settling the issue. The complainant was subsequently taken to a relative’s residence in Tiruppur, where she was ‘sexually assaulted’. It was later transferred to Thrissur as the victims were staying there when the abduction took place.